Chatelaine of white jasperware with dark blue dip and white jasper bas relief set into cut steel mounts with hook at top from which extends a long chain of interlocking links each punctuated in the middle with a small faceted polished jasper bead attached to the chain is a two sided octagonal jasper medallion with on one side in relief a detail from Achilles in his tent Priam pleads with Achilles and on the other classical figures in an unidentified scene from this medallion hang two two link chains set with small faceted dark blue jasper beads with jasper knobs decorated with white bas relief stiff leaf motifs and cut steel and jasper beaded tassels between them hangs a short chain in the style of the long chain above and with two hooks from these hang a key comprised of a cut steel mount and dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle and a seal or signet of cut steel likewise with a dark blue and white jasper ball suspended in the middle the seal engraved with a bird on a heart and the inscription LAmour

Chatelaine

Wedgwood, Attributed to Matthew Boulton

1785-1800

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Laureate bust in profile right
Bowl David Puxley Wedgwood glazed stoneware
Head in profile right
Copy of the Roman glass Portland Vase now in the British Museum in blue jasper dip with white jasper relief decoration the two handled vase in the shape of an amphora one side shows on the left the image of a nude male emerging from an architectural structure and grasping the arm of a recumbent draped female figure holding a sea serpent above her is a flying cupid holding his bow and arrows to the right is a tree and a nude male figure resting his right leg on the stump his chin in his right hand which is resting on his knee on the other side left is a draped male figure seated on a rocky structure next to a column he looks over his shoulder to his left at a central figure a draped recumbent female lying on the rocky base looking slightly left and with her right arm reaching over her head behind her and to the right is the figure of a draped seated male looking over his right shoulder at the central figure underneath each handle is a bearded mask the base with the image of a cloaked figure head lowered wearing a wrapped headdress with right arm raised to face in the background foliage the white relief has been selectively shaded somewhat heavy handed and unevenly using a blue jasper slip to give the impression of enhanced translucency